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Army Capt. Brian Smedick, a jumpmaster, inspects the parachute harness for Army Staff Sgt. Jason Ediger before a helicopter jump into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Ediger and Smedick are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Capt. Brian Smedick, a jumpmaster, inspects the parachute harness for Army Staff Sgt. Jason Ediger before a helicopter jump into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Ediger and Smedick are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Capt. Brian Smedick, a jumpmaster, inspects the parachute harness for Army Staff Sgt. Jason Ediger before a helicopter jump into White Lake near Elizabethtown, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Ediger and Smedick are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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